Indonesia military chief seeks drills to counter China

JAKARTA (Bloomberg): Indonesia’s top military commander is seeking to step up military cooperation within the region and partners further afield to face down the maritime threat from an increasingly assertive China.

General Andika Perkasa (pic) told Nikkei Asia in an interview published on Monday (Nov 28) that he wanted to forge closer ties with like-minded countries such as Brunei and Malaysia that have disputes with Beijing over its claim to swathes of the South China Sea.